Dragon Ball VIZBIG Edition Volume 1
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| Released | 03 June 2008 |
| Publisher | Viz |
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ISBN-10 1421520591 ISBN-13 978-1421520599 |
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| Format | 5.75" x 1.5" x 8.63" |
| Pages | 560 pages |
| Chapters | Dragon Ball Chapters 1 to 36 |
"Dragon Ball VIZBIG Edition Volume 1" is the first volume in the Dragon Ball VIZBIG Edition, Viz's first omnibus publication of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. This is the only Viz edition to include any of the original color pages as printed in Weekly Shōnen Jump, though some color pages are still printed in greyscale in the VIZBIG edition. This volume comprises the first three Shonen Jump Graphic Novel volumes that Viz had already published, covering chapters 1 through 36. The volume was first available on 03 June 2008.
Cover Illustration
This volume's Akira Toriyama cover illustration was originally drawn for the cover of the 1986 #37 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, which went on sale on 12 August 1986 and featured the original printing of Dragon Ball Chapter 87. The Weekly Jump cover is reproduced in the 30th Anniversary Dragon Ball Super History Book.[1] The illustration itself gets a full-page reproduction in Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 1 ("The Complete Illustrations")[2] and a quarter-page reproduction in the Dragon Ball Chōgashū ("A Visual History").[3]
The drawing on the back cover is taken from the title page of chapter 24.
List of Chapters
The serial dates listed below are based on the sale dates of their respective issues of the English-translated Viz Monthly Comics (top) and the original Japanese serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump (bottom).
The color column addresses all of the pages that were originally published in color in Weekly Shōnen Jump. If the original color pages are printed in color here, they are marked FC (Full Color) and LTD (Limited Color). If they are printed in greyscale, they are marked GRY. If there is no designation in this column, then the pages were originally printed in black and white.
Some title pages are included inline with the chapter, some are included in the Title Page Gallery at the back of the volume, and others are omitted altogether. The page numbers are given where they are included, along with the color status as described above.
| Volume 1: The Monkey King | |||||
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| # | Chapter Title | Serial Date (Viz/JP) | Page | Color | Title |
| 1 | Bloomers and the Monkey King | 06 March 1998 (20 November 1984) |
11 | 11-18 (FC) 19-41 (LTD) |
12 (FC) |
| 2 | No Balls! | April 1998 (27 November 1984) |
42 | 42 (LTD) | 539 (GRY) |
| 3 | Sea Monkeys | April 1998 (04 December 1984) |
56 | 56-69 (GRY) | 540 (GRY) |
| 4 | They Call Him... the Turtle Hermit! | May 1998 (11 December 1984) |
70 | 70-83 (GRY) | 541 (GRY) |
| 5 | Oo! Oo! Oolong! | May 1998 (21 December 1984) |
84 | 84-86 (GRY) | 542 (GRY) |
| 6 | So Long, Oolong! | June 1998 (04 January 1985) |
98 | 543 | |
| 7 | Yamcha and Pu'ar | June 1998 (12 January 1985) |
112 | 544 | |
| 8 | One, Two, Yamcha-cha! | July 1998 (22 January 1985) |
126 | 545 | |
| 9 | Dragon Balls in Danger!! | July 1998 (29 January 1985) |
140 | 546 | |
| 10 | Onward to Fry-Pan... | August 1998 (05 February 1985) |
154 | 547 | |
| 11 | ...And into the Fire! | August 1998 (12 February 1985) |
168 | 548 | |
| Volume 2: Wish Upon a Dragon | |||||
| # | Chapter Title | Serial Date (Viz/JP) | Page | Color | Title |
| 12 | In Search of Kame Sen'nin | September 1998 (19 February 1985) |
184 | 549 | |
| 13 | Fanning the Flame | September 1998 (26 February 1985) |
198 | X[a] | |
| 14 | Kamehameha!! | October 1998 (05 March 1985) |
211 | 550 | |
| 15 | At Sixes and Sevens | October 1998 (12 March 1985) |
224 | 551 | |
| 16 | One Goat, One Enemy | November 1998 (19 March 1985) |
238 | 552 | |
| 17 | Carrot Top | November 1998 (26 March 1985) |
252 | 553 | |
| 18 | Who's Got My Balls?! | December 1998 (02 April 1985) |
266 | X[b] | |
| 19 | At Last...the Dragon! | December 1998 (09 April 1985) |
281 | 281-284 (FC) 285-295 (LTD) |
554 |
| 20 | Just One Wish!! | January 1999 (16 April 1985) |
296 | 555 | |
| 21 | Full Moon | January 1999 (23 April 1985) |
310 | 556 | |
| 22 | The End of the Tale | February 1999 (27 April 1985) |
324 | 557 | |
| 23 | Separate Ways | February 1999 (04 May 1985) |
338 | 558 | |
| 24 | The High Price of Education | March 1999 (14 May 1985) |
352 | 559 | |
| Volume 3: The Training of Kame Sen'nin | |||||
| # | Chapter Title | Serial Date (Viz/JP) | Page | Color | Title |
| 25 | A Rival Arrives! | March 1999 (21 May 1985 ) |
368 | 368-376 (GRY) | 560 (GRY) |
| 26 | Who's That Girl? | April 1999 (28 May 1985 ) |
382 | 561 | |
| 27 | Nothing to Sneeze At | April 1999 (04 June 1985 ) |
396 | 562 | |
| 28 | Let the Training Begin! | May 1999 (11 June 1985) |
410 | 563 | |
| 29 | Bad Day at Turtle Rock | May 1999 (18 June 1985) |
424 | 564 | |
| 30 | Milk Run | June 1999 (25 June 1985) |
438 | 565 | |
| 31 | It Only Gets Harder | June 1999 (02 July 1985) |
452 | 566 | |
| 32 | Let the Tournament Begin! | July 1999 (09 July 1985) |
466 | 567 | |
| 33 | Hard Work Pays!! | July 1999 (16 July 1985) |
480 | 480-487 (GRY) | 568 (LTD) |
| 34 | Strongest Under the Heavens | August 1999 (23 July 1985) |
496 | 569 | |
| 35 | The Battle Is Set | August 1999 (30 July 1985) |
510 | 570 | |
| 36 | Match No. 1 | September 1999 (06 August 1985) |
524 | 571 | |
The illustration drawn by Akira Toriyama for the cover of the first collected volume is included in full color at the end of the Title Page Gallery on page 572.
Akira Toriyama Comments
Akira Toriyama's author notes for each of the three collected volumes are included on page 575. Pages 573-574 feature selections from the the reader Q&A columns entitled "Akira Toriyama's 'Ask Me Anything' Corner!" that are included in each collected volume. (These are independently translated on our respective tankōbon pages.)
From volume 1, the questions from Kazuhiko Satō and Taisuke Fujiwara are included. The questions from Yūji Chiba, Hidemori Okano, and Kaoru Okino are omitted.
From volume 2, the questions from Hajime Higaki, Eriko Hirano, Isami Gunbara, Ken'ichi Yatsuka, and Sakura Yoshino are included. The question from Kazuo Takahashi is omitted.
From volume 3, the questions from Katsuya Miyoshi, Masahiro Kojima, Takuya Miyamoto, Kōji Asano, and Seiji Hayashi are included. The questions from Ikumi Akita, Satoshi Sasaki, and Mika Noma are omitted.
No questions are omitted in the later 3-in-1 edition; instead, the full-color reprint of the volume 1 cover is omitted there.
Preview
The final page of this volume is a preview for Dragon Ball VIZBIG Edition Volume 2. It features a panel of Jackie Chun from chapter 50 accompanied by the following text:
IN THE NEXT VOLUME
Goku and Kuririn have made it to the Tenka'ichi Budōkai, the world's top martial arts tournament! But even the training of Kame-Sen'nin couldn't have possibly prepared these two for their eccentric opponents: a mystic, a dinosaur, and a cutie with a deadly stripping tactic?! Plus, Goku faces one of the most baffling opponents of all—a mysterious old coot named "Jackie Chun"!
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2008
Only the first printing includes the date. All later printings read "AVAILABLE NOW".
Notes
- ↑ The original title page for chapter 12 included advertisements, and since it was the first chapter in the second collected volume, the title page for chapter 13 was repurposed as a title page for chapter 12 in Japan. This change carried over to later editions including the English translations published by Viz.
- ↑ The original title page of chapter 19 was used as the cover illustration for the second collected volume in Japan, and the title page for chapter 18 was repurposed as a title page for chapter 19. This change carried over to later editions including the English translations published by Viz.
References
- ↑ "The PERIOD of DRAGON BALL: EPISODE 1984-1988". 30th Anniversary: Dragon Ball Chōshishū –Super History Book–. Japan: Shueisha, 21 January 2016. ISBN 978-4-08-792505-0. (p. 24)
- ↑ "1986". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 1: Complete Illustrations. Japan: Shueisha, 25 June 1995. ISBN 4-08-782751-8. (p. 32)
- ↑ "1985". Dragon Ball Chōgashū. Japan: Shueisha, 09 May 2013. ISBN 978-4-08-782520-6. (p. 13)
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